However, it doesn’t seem to have eased the issues at the railway station end of town where a no right turn from Butler Street is being enforced.

PCSO Stephen Connolly said: “I posted an update on Thursday but once again can I please remind motorists that the police have no control over congestion and cannot provide officers to direct traffic.

“Over the last couple of days we’ve had a massive amount of calls to the Lancashire Police control room both via 101 and 999 to report that motorists are stuck in congestion. I understand that congestion can be very frustrating but please do not report it to us as there is nothing that we can do. These calls can often take a lot of our call taker’s time and prevents us from taking reports of crime and other police incidents.

“We have also had reports of members of the public becoming abusive to staff at the shopping centre; this behaviour cannot be tolerated and action will be taken against individuals acting in this manner.

“Staff at the shopping centre are trying their best to ease congestion, but like ourselves are very limited in what they can do.

“Earlier this week our colleagues British Transport Police – North West advised to use other nearby car parks / side streets if you’re picking up/dropping off at the train station.”